Lily Pond

Review of Carolines on Broadway

I went to Caroline's with a friend on Monday night...

I went to Caroline's with a friend on Monday night, but we did not see a show.

After giving our reservation information, we were told about the two drink minimum and where we can check our bags.

(By the way, the minimum is not a two item minimum. This means that even though we don't drink and were going to order food because the show was from 7 until 9:30 - which seems long and definitely is long enough to require getting dinner, the food would not have counted and we would still have to purchase two overpriced sodas.)

Upon stating that we did not want to check our bags, the woman working the check bag area came out and started berating us about how we have to check bags (we each had two small bags, a purse and a gym bag). When we said, "sorry, but we'd rather not," one of the men at the host stand starting piling on, saying, "you have to check bags shopping, at clubs, everywhere you go! How long have you lived here?"

(By the way, neither of us had ever been asked to check a bag while shopping or at clubs in NYC and we've lived here for almost ten years.)

The staff was so rude, didn't provide any explanation about if this was a security measure or just another money suck, so pushy and obnoxious that when one of them flatly asked, "what are you going to not see the show because you don't want to check a bag?" We said, yes and left.

The situation itself was a bit funny, but, unfortunately, we have no idea if the comedians were funny because we weren't treated nicely enough to want to go in.

If you like a rude attitude upon arrival, this is the place for you!